Body Visualizer
Enter your height, weight and measurements to see a 3D body you can turn around. The whole body changes with them, and you can compare two bodies or overlay a goal. Your BMI, ratios and body shape update live, in inches or centimetres. Your numbers stay in your browser.
Stand straight against a wall, barefoot, heels together, looking straight ahead. Mark the wall with a flat book on your head.
Use a flat floor, ideally in the morning, and the same scale each time.
Around the fullest part of the bust or chest, with the tape level across your back. Breathe normally.
Around the narrowest part of your middle, usually just above the navel. Breathe out normally and do not pull your stomach in.
Around the fullest part of the hips and buttocks, feet together, tape parallel to the floor.
Advanced measurements
Around the top of the hip bones, roughly 3 to 7 in (8 to 18 cm) below the natural waist.
All the way around the widest part of the shoulders and upper arms, tape level across the back.
Around the base of the neck, just below the larynx, head level and shoulders relaxed.
Around the middle of the upper arm, arm relaxed and not flexed.
Around the fullest part of the upper thigh, just below the crease, weight even on both feet.
From the crotch to the floor along the inside of the leg, barefoot. A trouser inseam is a different number.
Full breakdown
The same numbers as the live analysis, with reference ranges and notes. They update as you change the numbers.
Body A and Body B
Both bodies are drawn at the same scale, so height differences show.
| Measurement | A | B | Difference |
|---|
Visual reference only, not a medical tool and not a body scan. The body is drawn from the numbers you enter. BMI and body fat are estimates.
What Does My Body Look Like? See It From Your Numbers
Numbers on a scale or a tape measure are hard to picture. This body visualizer turns your height, weight and measurements into a body you can turn around in 3D, and shows your BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio and body shape as you go.
If you searched for "what does my body look like" or "what does my weight look like at my height", start with height and weight, then add your bust or chest, waist and hip. Type your numbers, watch the body change, and spin it to see the front, side and back.
It shows proportion, not a photograph. Two people with the same numbers can still look different, because a tool like this cannot know about muscle, posture or bone structure. Treat it as a clear visual reference.
How This 3D Body Visualizer Works
The body is built from horizontal slices. At the shoulders, bust, waist, high hip and hip, each slice is an ellipse whose circumference matches the number you typed. The width and depth of each ellipse come from that circumference and typical front-to-back proportions, and the slices are joined into one smooth surface. The rings on the body show where your tape measurements sit.
Your height sets how tall the body is, and the ruler beside it is drawn to real scale, so a taller person really is taller in the frame and a shorter one is smaller. Weight works through your BMI: a higher BMI makes the arms, legs and neck fuller as well as the torso, and a lower one makes them slimmer. If you add your inseam, the legs and torso share that height in your proportions, so a longer inseam means longer legs and a shorter torso. Neck, upper arm and thigh are optional and change those parts of the drawing. Whatever you leave out uses typical proportions for your height and weight.
Auto-balance keeps your proportions when height or weight changes: the other measurements are rescaled with them. Turn it off to change one value at a time. The Women, Men and Neutral models differ in shoulders, chest, waist, hips, legs, neck and head, and Neutral sits halfway between the two. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is scanned.
The 3D view uses WebGL, which modern phones, tablets and computers support. If your device or browser does not, the visualizer switches to a 2D outline on its own.
How to Use the Body Visualizer
- Choose a model and unitsPick Women, Men or Neutral, and inches and pounds or centimetres and kilograms. Switching units converts what you have already entered.
- Enter height and weightType them or drag the sliders. The weight range follows your height, from BMI 16 to BMI 60, and the BMI appears at once.
- Add your measurementsBust or chest, waist and hip. Open More measurements for high hip, shoulders, neck, upper arm, thigh and inseam.
- Or start from a shapeTap a shape under Try a shape to set a typical pattern at your hip size, then adjust it.
- Turn the bodyDrag it, use the Rotate slider, or tap Front, ¾, Side and Back. Spin keeps it turning slowly, and the arrow keys turn it a step at a time. The 2D button gives you a flat outline.
- CompareChoose Compare to see two bodies side by side, or Overlay to lay Body B over Body A. Use Edit A and Edit B to change each one, Copy A→B to start B from A, and Swap to flip them.
- Read the analysisThe cards beside the body (under it on a phone) show your BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, an estimated body fat percentage and your shape, and the Full breakdown below explains each one.
- Change the lookTurn the measurement rings and the height ruler on or off, and pick a body colour.
- Save or shareCopy a link that reopens your numbers, or download an image.
Not sure where the tape goes? The body measurements guide shows every measuring point.
BMI Visualizer: What Your BMI Looks Like
Body mass index (BMI) compares your weight with your height: weight in pounds divided by height in inches squared, times 703, or kilograms divided by metres squared. For adults 20 and older the CDC groups it into four categories. BMI is a screening measure, not a diagnosis, and it cannot tell muscle from fat.
| Category | BMI |
|---|---|
| Underweight | Below 18.5 |
| Healthy weight | 18.5 to 24.9 |
| Overweight | 25.0 to 29.9 |
| Obesity | 30.0 or higher (class 1: 30 to 34.9, class 2: 35 to 39.9, class 3: 40 and above) |
Same weight, different heights
Weight alone says little about how a body looks. At 150 pounds, a person who is 5′2″ has a BMI of about 27.4, while a person who is 5′10″ has a BMI of about 21.5 and a visibly leaner outline. To see it yourself, choose Compare, set Body A to 62 in and 150 lb, then set Body B to 70 in and 150 lb.
What common BMI values weigh at 5′6″
| BMI | lb | kg | CDC category |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMI 18.5 | 115 lb | 52 kg | Healthy weight, lower limit |
| BMI 20 | 124 lb | 56 kg | Healthy weight |
| BMI 22 | 136 lb | 62 kg | Healthy weight |
| BMI 25 | 155 lb | 70 kg | Overweight, lower limit |
| BMI 30 | 186 lb | 84 kg | Obesity, class 1 |
| BMI 35 | 217 lb | 98 kg | Obesity, class 2 |
Healthy weight range by height
This converts the CDC healthy range (BMI 18.5 to 24.9) into pounds and kilograms for common adult heights. The visualizer shows the same range under your height.
| Height | cm | lb | kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4′10″ | 147 cm | 89 to 119 lb | 40 to 54 kg |
| 4′11″ | 150 cm | 92 to 123 lb | 42 to 56 kg |
| 5′0″ | 152 cm | 95 to 128 lb | 43 to 58 kg |
| 5′1″ | 155 cm | 98 to 132 lb | 44 to 60 kg |
| 5′2″ | 157 cm | 101 to 136 lb | 46 to 62 kg |
| 5′3″ | 160 cm | 104 to 141 lb | 47 to 64 kg |
| 5′4″ | 163 cm | 108 to 145 lb | 49 to 66 kg |
| 5′5″ | 165 cm | 111 to 150 lb | 50 to 68 kg |
| 5′6″ | 168 cm | 115 to 154 lb | 52 to 70 kg |
| 5′7″ | 170 cm | 118 to 159 lb | 54 to 72 kg |
| 5′8″ | 173 cm | 122 to 164 lb | 55 to 74 kg |
| 5′9″ | 175 cm | 125 to 169 lb | 57 to 76 kg |
| 5′10″ | 178 cm | 129 to 174 lb | 58 to 79 kg |
| 5′11″ | 180 cm | 133 to 179 lb | 60 to 81 kg |
| 6′0″ | 183 cm | 136 to 184 lb | 62 to 83 kg |
| 6′1″ | 185 cm | 140 to 189 lb | 64 to 86 kg |
| 6′2″ | 188 cm | 144 to 194 lb | 65 to 88 kg |
| 6′3″ | 190 cm | 148 to 199 lb | 67 to 90 kg |
| 6′4″ | 193 cm | 152 to 205 lb | 69 to 93 kg |
BMI has limits. It does not know your frame, muscle or where you carry weight, so pair it with waist measurements, and ask a health professional if you are concerned. Your body frame matters too: two people at the same height and BMI can look very different.
Body Proportions Explained
Your proportions are the ratios between your measurements, not the numbers themselves. The same shape can appear at very different sizes, and two people with the same waist can look completely different depending on the bust and hip either side of it. That is what the visualizer draws.
| Ratio | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Bust to hipBust minus hip, in inches | Close together with a much smaller waist reads as hourglass. A wider hip leans pear, spoon or bottom hourglass. |
| Waist to hipWaist divided by hip | A screening ratio. The WHO uses 0.85 for women and 0.90 for men as the cut-off for increased health risk. |
| Shoulders to hipShoulders minus hip, in inches | The main measure for men: 5 in or more is an inverted triangle, 2 to 5 in a trapezoid, and a wider hip a triangle. |
| High hip to waistHigh hip divided by waist | A high hip at least 1.193 times the waist, and close to the hip, creates the shelf that defines a spoon. |
| Waist to heightWaist divided by height | Keeping your waist under half your height (below 0.50) is a common rule of thumb. The visualizer shows it beside your BMI. |
| Leg to torsoInseam divided by height | At the same height, a longer inseam means longer legs and a shorter torso. Add your inseam to see the difference. |
Each ratio has its own guide. Read about the waist-to-hip ratio and the waist-to-height ratio, or see how every shape looks side by side in the body shapes guide.
Female Body Visualizer
In Women mode the visualizer uses height, weight, bust, waist, high hip and hip, and names your shape from the same rules as our calculators: hourglass, top hourglass, bottom hourglass, spoon, pear, inverted triangle, apple or rectangle. The high hip is what separates a spoon from a pear, so add it if you can. Shoulders are optional and only change the drawing, not the shape name.
For a full result with styling ideas, use the female body shape calculator.
Male Body Visualizer
Switch to Men and enter your chest, waist and hip. Add your shoulders, measured all the way around, for the most reliable result, because male builds are decided by the gap between shoulders and hip. The visualizer shows a male body and names one of five builds: inverted triangle, trapezoid, rectangle, triangle or oval.
For fit and style advice by build, use the male body shape calculator.
The Neutral model
Neutral sits halfway between the women and men bodies. Use it when neither fits, or to compare two people of different sexes in the same scene, since each body in Compare has its own model.
Compare Two Bodies: A/B and Overlay
Compare draws two bodies side by side at the same scale and angle, so differences in height and weight show. Overlay lays Body B over Body A as a translucent outline so every difference stands out. Both add a table of changes below the tool.
- Height and weight comparison: set each body's model, height and weight, and see how two people compare.
- Before and after: tap Copy A→B, change B, and see the difference.
- Measurement change: try a waist that is 2 in smaller, or a hip 1 in larger, and watch the ratios move.
A plus sign in the table means Body B is larger than Body A at that point. Goal bodies are references, not targets, and no shape or size is better than another. The visualizer does not draw bodies below BMI 16. If you are thinking about changing your weight, talk to a doctor or registered dietitian first.
Body Visualizer vs Body Simulator vs BMI Visualizer
People use these names for different things. Here is how they differ in practice.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Body visualizer | Turns your measurements into a figure so you can see your proportions. |
| Body simulator, maker or generator | Usually the same idea under another name: numbers in, body out. This one is not an AI generator: it never sees a photo and the same numbers always give the same body. |
| 3D body visualizer | Shows a body you can rotate. This page has a 3D view and a 2D outline. |
| BMI visualizer | Shows a body for a height and weight. On its own it cannot see shape, so two people with the same BMI can look very different. Here you can add measurements on top of height and weight. |
| Body shape calculator | Names your shape from your measurements without drawing it. Our body type calculator does this for women and men. |
Shapes You Can Compare
Tap any of these under Try a shape, or set Body B to one in Compare mode. This is what sets each one apart in the silhouette itself.
- Hourglass body shape: bust and hip curves land almost on the same line, with the waist pulling sharply inward between them.
- Pear body shape: the hip curve reaches out past the shoulder and bust lines while the upper body stays narrow and straight.
- Spoon body shape: like a pear at first glance, but with a visible ledge just under the waist where the high hip widens.
- Inverted triangle body shape: shoulder and bust lines are the widest point, narrowing steadily to the hip.
- Rectangle body shape: shoulder, bust and hip lines sit close together with only a slight waist taper.
- Apple body shape: the waist line comes out as wide as, or wider than, the bust and hip, so the fullest point sits in the middle.
How Accurate Is the Body Visualizer?
- The figure is illustrative. Each slice of the torso has the circumference you entered, so the proportions between your bust, waist and hip are true to your numbers. Depth, arms, legs and head use typical proportions unless you add measurements.
- BMI is a screening measure. It should be read with other factors and cannot separate muscle from fat.
- Body fat is an estimate. It uses the U.S. Navy circumference method, which needs height, waist and neck (and hip for women). If you leave neck blank, a typical neck for your size is used. Individual results can be off by several percentage points, so use it to watch trends rather than as a measurement.
- Adults only. BMI categories apply to adults 20 and older. Children and teens need age and sex specific percentiles, and pregnancy changes the picture too.
- Not medical advice. If a number worries you, ask a health professional.
Nothing you enter is uploaded or stored. The share link puts your numbers in the address itself, so share it only with people you trust.
More Tools and Guides
Calculators
- Body type calculatorYour shape and styling ideas for women and men.
- Female body shape calculatorAll eight shapes with styling notes.
- Male body shape calculatorFive builds with fit advice.
- Waist-to-hip ratio calculatorYour ratio against the WHO cut-offs.
- Waist-to-height ratio calculatorIs your waist under half your height?
Guides
- Body measurementsHow to measure yourself, plus US averages.
- Body shapesAll shapes side by side.
- Body typesSomatotypes and how the systems differ.
Body Visualizer FAQ
What is a body visualizer?
Is this really 3D?
Does it use height and weight?
Why does the whole body change when I change my weight or height?
What is Auto-balance?
How do I compare two bodies?
What does my weight look like at my height?
Can I use it as a weight loss or weight gain simulator?
Can I use it as a female or male body visualizer?
Is it an AI body generator?
How accurate is the body fat estimate?
What is a body simulator?
Does it work on a phone?
Why can't I see the 3D body?
Are my measurements stored?
Method and Sources
- Female shape names follow Lee, J.Y., Istook, C.L., Nam, Y.J. and Park, S.M. (2007). Comparison of body shape between USA and Korean women. International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, 19(5), 374 to 391. The male build rules are this site's own simplified version.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adult BMI Categories. Source of the BMI categories and the 18.5 to 24.9 healthy range.
- World Health Organization (2008). Waist Circumference and Waist-Hip Ratio: Report of a WHO Expert Consultation. Source of the 0.85 and 0.90 cut-offs.
- Hodgdon, J.A. and Beckett, M.B. (1984). Prediction of Percent Body Fat for U.S. Navy Men and Women from Body Circumferences and Height. Naval Health Research Center. Source of the body fat estimate.
- The 3D body is built from elliptical cross-sections whose circumference follows Ramanujan's approximation, with typical depth-to-width ratios. The typical measurements used by Auto-balance, and for anything you leave blank, are illustrative averages built for this tool, not measured population data.